Sleep disturbances linked to increased dementia risk
[PRESS RELEASE 2018-07-17] Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden report that sleep disturbances in midlife or in late life are associated with a higher risk for developing dementia in old age. The results are published in Alzheimer’s & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer's Association.The results show that in midlife, when participants were in their 40s or 50s, insomnia was associated with a 24 per cent increased risk for dementia later in life. In late life, when participants were in their 60s or 70s, terminal insomnia (waking up too early) was associated with a doubled risk